>> obviously folks, we're having some video issues this morning. bear with us while we try to get that worked out. we continue at 5:00 a.m. with news for today. welcome back, or thanks for sticking with us. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. we're watching the commute in northern virginia after remains on the track leave passengers stranded for hours. it is thursday, september 20th, 2012. we're going to take a live look outside right now. chilly out there. 55 degrees. that's one of the colder days we've had this year. >> tom kierein is here with us. it's one of those days you want to say people want to layer up and peel out later. >> you definitely need several layers this morning. we're down into the 40s. we're talking about a morning more like december than september. we fast forward here a couple of months at le region under a clear sky. it is down to the mid 40s in much of maryland and much of virginia. frederick there down to 43. so is martinsburg, cumberland,

and it's in the 40s across most of northern virginia. mid 40s, fairfax, arlington, montgomery county, also the mid 40s, also into prince george's county. right near the bay waters. the waters are still pretty warm around 70 degrees. the temperatures in the 50s. a warm spot at 61. a little bit of a breeze off the bay here. a few pods out in west virginia are in the upper 30s right now. we do have a few clouds drifting over the region coming in from the south. they'll be with us from time to time this morning and through midday with a chilly start, though, by noon, we'll warm up dramatically to around 70. in fact, hit the mid 70s by mid afternoon. we're talking about a 30-degree jump from where we are right now. i'm back in ten minutes with a

hometown forecast. good morning. >> good morning, well, if you're planning on this morning taking the douglas bridge, please be aware that right now the drawbridge is being raised and your travel lanes are going to be blocked this morning for about 20 minutes to allow a vessel to pass, but also for some bridge maintenance. let's check on the water main break if you're traveling along 202 at 214. water main break is there. crews are repairing it. but the good news is that work is confined to your shoulder lane, so your travel lanes are open. i just want to give you a heads up in case other drivers are slowing down to take a look. let's head over to the rails. so much better so far. metro, marc, vre running on schedule. your commute should run more smoothly if you take metro's red line to work. the power problems that caused major head aches yesterday morning have been fixed. the problems affected several parts of the red line. the train was even stranded on the tracks.

metro says it's looking into what caused those issues. vre trains are also running as schedule right now. last night, someone found remains near the track. megan mcgrath is there now. good morning. >>. >> reporter: good morning. the good news for vre riders is that service is back to normal. last night this grizzly discovery was made just a little bit before 6:00 p.m. someone found a package with remains on the tracks. service was stopped south of burke. there were about 1,700 customers on four trains that were impacted. some of them stranded for well over an hour, two hours even. now, what was this body part? what were the remains found inside this package? a vre spokesperson says that it is not a head, but they will not elaborate beyond that. the medical examiner is working to identify the remains to see if they are human or not.

but certainly, a grim discovery. train traffic south of burke was shut down as police set up a crime scene and began their investigation. that left a lot of people stranded. vre scrambled some buses out to try to get the people out of the area. still a major inconvenience for thousands of people. again, the good news here is that service is back to normal this morning, but of course, the investigation continues. and they're still trying to figure out exactly what these remains were. reporting live in manassas, megan mcgrath. new this morning, hundreds of ketering residents are without water because of a water main break. crews are in the 600 block of largo road. that's 24-inch main and some 260 homes have no water right now. the commission now says that the work will likely last into the afternoon. they plan to set up a water station for residents in that

neighborhood. counselors will be on hand today at coolidge high school in d.c. after a student shot another student on campus. police say two students got into an argument yesterday. one student left and came back with a gun and shot the other student at a football field. the victim was shot in the leg and is expected to be okay. the shooter was arrested. investigators say it was an isolated incident. >> now turning to decision 2012, and mitt romney who's back on the campaign trail this morning, and walking back some of his controversial comments made in a secretly recorded video released earlier this week at a forum in miami last night hosted by spanish language network univision. romney said his campaign is about the 100% in america and he is concerned about every voter. in the hidden camera video, he said he wasn't worried about the 47% of americans who didn't pay income tax because they would likely vote for president obama. romney also spoke about health care and immigration policy at that forum. president obama will attend a similar forum hosted by

univision today in florida, but he may also face some tough questions about his own economic vision. nbc news has obtained a 1998 video that republicans now plan to use of then state senator barack obama talking about how to make government more efficient. >> i think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and hence facilitate some redistribution, because i actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level, to make sure that everybody's got a shot. >> mitt romney is already striking out at those comments saying that redistribution of wealth would hurt american entrepreneurship and job creation. the bat over the old videos comes as the president is seeing his job approval jump to its highest level in five months. the associated press gfk poll shows 56% of votes approve of the job is doing. that is the best number since

just after the death of osama bin laden in may of 2011. but the race for the white house is still a statistical dead heat with the president and mitt romney only separated by one percentage point. 47% to 46%. it was taken before the hidden camera video of mitt romney surfaced. >> tim kaine may be gaining the upper hand, he leads george allen by eight points in the latest "washington post" poll. this is the first time the democrat has led in a "washington post" survey. he also leads the republican allen in a quinnipiac university poll. both men are looking to succeed democrat jim webb. tim kaine and george allen square off live today at noon right here on nbc 4. david gregory of "meet the press" will moderate a debate this afternoon. julie carey and i will be on the panel. the fairfax county chamber of commerce co-sponsoring this debate. you can watch it live. why a notebook could be the key to the colorado movie

massacre court case. >> why monica lewinsky is back in the headlines. what she is planning to release. >> what scholars are saying this morning about the tiny piece of paper who some claim shows jesus had a wife. >> tom kierein will let us know just how long these chilly temperatures will stick around. weathe

welcome back. this tiny piece of paper is igniting a huge debate in the christian community, but is it real? several renowned scholars are calling into question the authenticity which suggests jesus had a wife. others question whether the anonymous owner has financial motivations. it wassage ie agnalyzed. >> one of the things i heard yesterday was the idea that it's so well-preserved. it's been around forever, almost literally, and yet the paper is still intact to some degree. >> how do you prove the authenticity? >> tom kierein telling us more about this beautiful forecast. good morning. >> quite a chill in the air. good morning.

that's a live view from our nbc 4 city camera. there's the washington monument, jefferson memorial under a clear to cloudy sky. we have some clouds beginning to move in from the south. and we have temperatures that are chilly down into the 40s. most of the region, including montgomery, arlington, fairfax county, near 50 in prince george's county. reagan national down to 55 degrees. and much of maryland and virginia, including clinton, will be in the 40s to near 50 by 6:30. by then, just clouds coming through from time to time. then by the noon hour, it's going to be soaring to near 70 degrees in clinton prince george's county and much of the regions. as we look at the hour by hour today, by mid afternoon, we'll have to hit the 70s. low humidity with lots of sun after the morning clouds drift away. and a look at the friday forecast, the weekend, and into next week. your seven-day outlook is coming up in ten minutes. a look at traffic now with

danella. >> good morning, and thanks tom. the drawbridge is raised to allow maintenance to pass, but expected to last about 20 to 30 minutes, so keep that in mind if that is the trip you're taking. let's head over t i-270. nice and clear north and southbound. about 58 miles per hour southbound as you head towards clarksburg. no issues in german town or gaithersburg. southbound gaithersburg at about 61 miles per hour. connecting to the spur and the beltway, no issues. inner loop speeds nice from i-270 making your way to i-95. at about 60 miles per hour. right now that drive just taking ten minutes. it pays to get up early in the morning. if you're taking the rails, i'm not seeing any delays on the rails. monica lewinsky ready to open up about the scandal involving her and president clinton. >> also ahead, the quick thinking of an

welcome back. a danish magazine says today it will become the fourth publication to publish topless photos of the duchess of cambridge. the photos of catherine sun bra bathing on vacation was first published last week. a judge ordered the french magazine to turn over the pictures and blocked further publication in france. before the ruling, an italian tabloid and an irish paper published the photos as well. today on capitol hill, an inspector general cited poor

management of the gun trafficking probe. few weapons were ever recovered and two turned up at a shootout where a u.s. border patrol agent was killed. the report said there was no evidence eric holder knew about the operation. two high ranking federal officials resigned after that report came out. a notebook will be the focus of a hearing in colorado in the movie theater massacre there. james holmes is accused of killing 12 people at an opening of the movie "the dark knight rises." an issue today is whether a doctor-patient issue existed. defense attorneys say the material is privileged information. prosecutors want the notebook entered as evidence. today they are expected to file ten additional charges against holmes. new details in the trial of george zimmerman. tests show trayvon martin's dna was not on the gun used to kill

him. zimmerman's defense team is arguing that while martin did not actually grab the gun, he attempted to grab it. zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for killing martin back in february. one of the actresses in the anti-islam film that sparked riots around the world is suing the film maker. cindy lee garcia is accusing the film maker of fraud, saying she thought the film was about and gent egyptians. she also is suing youtube for releasing excerpts. three actresses have made similar claims. the film maker lives in l.a. and has gone into hiding. monica lewinsky is planning a tell-all book. "the new york post" reports she is shopping a book and talking with publishing companies. her representative did not deny the reports, saying simply no comment. this would be her second book. she worked with another author on her biography which was released in 1999. congress says it's no longer helping foot the bill for presidential conventions.

the house voted yesterday to end federal assistance for the democratic and republican national conventions. representatives say the government has spent more than 200 million dollars helping pay for those conventions since 1976. this year, federal assistance chipped in about $35 million, about 20% of the total cost. the worst outbreak of the west nile virus in about a decade seems to be slowing. the number of cases rose by 19% last week, down from a 30% jump in case earlier this month. so far, more than 3,000 people have contracted that virus. 134 have died. nearly half of all cases recorded have been in texas, although maryland, virginia, and the district have all reported cases of that virus. an 11-year-old boy in florida is being called a hero for his quick thinking after his school bus driver collapsed at the wheel. jackson bonner was the last student on the bus when the driver, robert kelly, passed out. bonner immediately jumped into action, grabbing the wheel and stepping on the brake, steering

the bus until it crashed into a fence and stopped. jackson called his mom, who then called an balance. the bus driver is okay, expects to leave the hospital in the next few days. jackson says he was able to help because of his experience driving golf carts and four wheelers. >> you never know what you can learn from. 11 years old. >> and jumping into action. keeping his calm and doing what he did. good for him. 5:21 is our time right now. tom kierein is here. and we are looking at a chill in the air this morning. >> you can feel it and you can see it. you see the breath. i made a little cloud when i exhaled this morning. this morning, we are down into our chilliest morning, in the 40s. and it hay has been since way last may. all these areas in the light blue are in the 40s. it extends all way from the mountains of new england down to northern virginia into the mountains of western maryland and into west virginia. and locally, closer to washington, it's right near 50

in southern maryland. the suburbs in montgomery county and in fairfax, arlington, prince george's, though, most of those locations are in the 40s. reagan national is at 55. here's the view from space. we have a few clouds drifting up from the south. they'll be with us from time to time this morning and then drift off as we get into the afternoon with lots of sun and highs reaching the mid 70s. here's your storm team 4 four-day forecast. a beautiful day tomorrow. not as chilly in the morning in the mid 50s. afternoon highs around 80 with a lot of sunshine and still not very humid. as we get into saturday, increasing clouds, a front approaching from the west. might trigger an afternoon or evening shower, and before then, temperatures should climb into the low 80s on saturday afternoon. but again, be aware. there might be a passing shower saturday, late afternoon, perhaps saturday night. then sunday in the morning, chilly, down to near 50 degrees. afternoon highs near the low 70s and partly cloudy, great weather for the skins-bengals game at

fedex field. then on monday, back to work and school. 40s in the morning again. afternoon highs around 70 with lots of sun and a beautiful pattern. tuesday, wednesday sunshine, morning lows 50s. i'm back in ten minutes. danella here with a look at our traffic. >> good morning, tom. checking things out on the roadways. we have good news if you're taking the douglas bridge. it has reopened. it was shut down to allow a vessel to pass, but that's over. let's head to i-66 right now. nice and clear. as you make your way eastbound at sudley, seeing a little bit of volume. nothing you can't handle. you're clear as you head to the beltway. continuing inside the beltway, here's a live look at glebe. travel speed not bad, 61 miles per hour. i'm back in ten. back over to you. >> we'll see you then. a thrill ride that you don't want at an amusement park. 20 people stranded about 300

feet in the air after an amusement park ride malfuncti malfunctioned. police say despite it looking very scarscary, no one was hurt. this is the second time it malfunctioned in the past two weeks. today folks in the southwest can see the space shuttle endeavor as it makes its way to southern california. endeavor will head from houston's ellington field to edwards air force base in california. it will pass austin, texas, tuscan, arizona, and nasa's white sands test facility in new mexico today. the shuttle left from the kennedy space center yesterday. it will arrive tomorrow at l.a.x. it will eventually go on display at the california science center. the rez skdskins are focuse this sunday's game against the bengals, but one player may have more on his mind. wide receiver josh morgan says he's received death threats. his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty forced the redskins to try a 62-yard field goal to tie the game. billy cundiff missed that kick and the st. louis rams won

31-28. >> you know, i heard everything, especially when they got you on twitter and they start sending the death threats and wishing bad on your family and your first born and things like that. you know, you see it all, you hear it all. you ain't got no choice but to see it all and hear it all. but you never let it get to you. >> head coach mike shanahan says the team's security is investigating the threats to see if any of them are credible. way over the top. >> he's getting ready for the next game. don't you want him to be ready against the bengals on sunday? >> just not called for anyway. the nationals' playoff tickets go on sale tomorrow morning and we could know for sure by then that the nats will be in the postseason. >> the team will clinch a playoff berth with one more win. their magic number to clinch at least a wild card spot now stands at one after splitting their double-header yesterday with the dodgers. the nats won the opener 3-1 but lost game 2 7-6.

matt kemp eventually homered in the ninth inning to give los angeles the lead for good. the nationals manager davy johnson was fuming, though, after the game about a blown call in the fourth inning. ryan zimmerman tagged a runner heading from second base to third before the runner who had been on third could score. the umpire, though, said the runner had touched home before zimmerman's tag. >> in my mind, he was already out. obviously blew the call. it wasn't reviewable. and they all discussed it. evidently nobody was paying attention. but kemp wasn't running. >> the braves won last night, so the nationals' first place lead is now five games. i think we'll have more than just a wild card spot. >> yeah, feeling pretty good about things right now. coming up this morning, what we learned overnight about the mystery on vre. a bag of remains found on the tracks, bringing service to a stop. the maryland plastic surgery center shut down after a patient

dies following a procedure there. and what you might want to grab this morning before you head out the door. weather and traffic together on the 1s next.

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news4 today. >> good morning, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome back today, as we take a live look outside over the nation's capital this morning. 55 degrees is what you'll find at 5:29 if you're in upper northwest d.c. a lot of us waking up to cooler temperatures and a few clouds rolling in. >> tom kierein here with a look at your chilly forecast. >> got to go back to last may to find a morning like this morning . it's been four months since we've had this much of a chill in the air. right now, mid 40s in montgomery, arlington, fairfax, prince george's counties. much of southern maryland, including charles, calvert, st. mary's away from the waters onto the upper 40s. elsewhere, across much of nohern virginia, including loudon, madison, green, stafford, spotsylvania, much into the lower 40s. now, here's the view from space.

we do have a few clouds drifting up from the south. they're drifting over the region, they'll be with us from time to time this morning, a little sunshine in and out by 7:00 a.m. we'll still be in the 40s. but by noontime, it will jump all the way to around 70 and hit mid 70s by mid afternoon with low humidity. a delightful day coming up. the sunset at 7:07. by the time you're coming back from work, the low 70s. i'm back in ten minutes with another hometown forecast. aaron? >> all right, thank you, tom. hundreds of vre riders hoping this morning that the commute runs more smoothly than the one did last night. trains were stopped after somebody found remains in a bag near the manassas park station. megan mcgrath there live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. it appears that they're off to a good start here along the vre line. we've seen the first train go through. we're told by a vre spokesperson that service is back to normal this morning. however, it got rather ugly last

night after a grizzly discovery was made right around 6:00 p.m. a black plastic bag with remains was found near the tracks near the manassas drive station. service was stopped just south of burke. there were four trains affected, about 1,700 customers got stuck, some for hours. in terms of what was exactly inside that bag, a vre spokesman says that they were sold by manassas park police that at first glance when they looked inside that bag, it appeared to contain human remains. however, that cannot be confirmed until the medical examiner can actually take a look and do some testing and then they will confirm what sorts of remains that they are dealing with here. again, a plastic bag, sort of a black trash bag kind of situation was found near the tracks. they had to set up -- there were some folks who took buses and

taxis that were shuttled to the area. others, however, decided to stay on the train. we're told the last person who went with the train option got home sometime after 10:00 p.m. last night. with more on traffic, over to danella. >> checking the roadways for you, we did have overnight road work. that looks to be clear. let's head over right now, if you're traveling along 295, no issues between the baltimore beltway and the capital beltway. you're nice and clear. d.c., 295, no issues there either. checking things out on 395, we'll take a live look right now. this is your commute. no issues. here's a live look at seminary road and king as you make your way northbound. it is a clear commute for you. here's a live look at the bridge. your travel speed northbound from the beltway to the 14th street bridge. you're at about 58 miles per hour. a nice commute so far. back over to you. new this morning, a local

man with a familiar name has been killed in an accident. his name is demetri medvedev. the same name as the russian prime minister. a woman who was on his motorcycle was hurt. doctors expect her to survive. the car's driver was not hurt. police charged him with reckless driving. also new this morning, another deadly motorcycle accident. this one off the university of maryland campus just before 11:00 last night. the police tried to pull the bike over near the college park metro station. the driver took off, lost control of the motorcycle, and slammed head-on into audio car. the motorcycle driver died at a nearby hospital. no one in the car was hurt. >> today a prince george's county student who was murdered will be laid to rest. friends and family will gather for the funeral of 18-year-old markell ross. ross was shot to death while walking to central high school last week. police don't have any information about a suspect, and they're asking the public for help in solving this crime.

ross's family will have a viewing at 10:00 this morning at jericho city of praise church in landover followed by a funeral service. d.c. police are investigating a break-in that left one man dead and sent a woman to the hospital. officers responded to the 4200 block of first street southeast around 8:30 last night. they found a man dead inside an apartment. it's not clear how the woman was injured. police have not released whether the man was the potential burglar or the person living there. maryland health officials have shut down a plastic surgery center in the wake of a patient dying if a serious infection. two other patients developed similar infections. all three patients went to the monarch med spa north of baltimore. they developed severe infections, they are usually mild but can be deadly if it infects the lungs or blood. >> it's a bacterial infection of the skin. however, those are very, very serious infections at times. and so therefore, we did have

one person who passed away from that particular infection. >> officials from monarch medspa released a statement saying it is always concerned for the well-being of its patients. they also said they've performed thousands of procedures with no problems. the health department says anyone who has been treated there and is concerned about infection should contact a doctor. a maryland state delegate convicted of stealing money from the general assembly could be headed to prison. lawyers could not reach a plea deal on cases stacked against tiffany alston. the prince george's county democrat was found guilty in june of misdemeanor theft. she used $800 of state money to pay an employee at her private law firm. alston faces trial next month on a second criminal charge. she's accused of using campaign money to by a wedding dress. alston faces up to 18 months in prison on the theft charge and could be dismissed as a state delegate. more time away from a d.c. psychiatric hospital may be on hold for the man who tried to kill president ronald reagan. lawyers for john hinckley have

been trying to expand the amount of time he can spend away from st. elizabeth's hospital, but another facility in williamsburg, virginia, where hinckley would have to attend group sessions while released has now backed out of a deal. the hospital has until october 19th to decide how to proceed. two flight attendants delaying a plane for four hours because of their argument. ahead, what could happen to them now. a crazy crash caught on tape. we'll tell you how a police officer's quick thinking helped save a woman's life. >> weather and tffic on the 1s.

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is. >> time for weather and traffic on the 1s. tom kierein telling us more about a chilly start to our day what. does this mean for the rest of our day? >> we'll have a rapid warm-up. when you step out to walk the dog, the dog's going to look at you and go seriously? it is this chilly. we're feeling more like a morning in early december than late september. all those areas you see in the blue are in the 40s. that includes most of maryland and northern virginia. some location, upper 30s. reagan national now is at 55. hometown forecast, falls church by 7:00 a.m. in the upper 40s. some sunshine with a few clouds. sunny by noontime, though, and soaring to near 70. we'll have a rapid warm-up into the afternoon into the mid 70s hour by hour, we'll have increasing sunshine throughout the day and low humidity. i'm back in ten minutes with your seven-day outlook. >> i'm checking the roads for you right now. not seeing any accidents to warn you about. i am seeing some concession starting, but not at all on the

dulles toll road. we'll check travel speeds eastbound from hunter mill road to beltway. you're at 61 miles per hour. that drive taking six minutes. now continuing on the beltway from the dulles toll road heading to the interchange, your travel lanes are open pretty fast. speeds of about 64 miles per hour, that drive taking 14 minutes. and a six-minute delay on the brunswick east train. back over to you. 56 degrees out there. a d.c. mother in a panic after her 3-year-old son wanders away from school alone. what she plans to do today. also ahead, the warning from police to everybody who's police [ male announcer ] for the dreamers...

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welcome back. a d.c. mother plans to be at her son's school today to ask why nobody knew that her 3-year-old

had wandered away on his own. she says she went to pick up her son from cw harris elementary in southeast d.c. yesterday evening and he was already gone. turns out the child walked three blocks to his house where his grandmother happened to be home. green says this incident shows anybody off the street could pick up her child. the school said it reviewed camera footage that showed the boy left the building with another student. school officials said they planned to review the situation and update their dismissal procedures so this does not happen again. >> today a very special guest at american university. a woman celebrated internationally will be at american university. aung sang su chi was presented with the highest civilian honor by congress. she was under house arrest to travel to the u.s. and not

travel to accept it. today's speech will cater to d.c.'s burmese community. a prominent d.c. swim club founder is permanently banned. rick curl is accused of molesting a swimmer in the 1980s. yesterday he waived his rights. she received a $150,000 settlement from curl years ago in exchange for keeping quiet. rick curl founded the curl burke swim club which has 15 locations in our area. he is no longer affiliated with the club and the club has changed its name to nations capital swim club. a small group says they're fighting for justice in the shooting of a man earlier this month. a district heights police officer shot calvin kyle while he was arrested for trying to steal a motorcycle. the prince george's county naacp held a prayer and protest last night. the group says kyle was shot in the back while he was

handcuffed. the officer is now on administrative leave. kyle survived, but people at the rally say the shooting was unnecessary. >> that was shabby police work at best and will not tolerate this here in district heights. we must take a stand to make a difference in the future and not just shoot and ask questions later. >> the naacp contacted the state oes attorney's office. police are handling the investigation to avoid a conflict of interest. police are look for an annapolis bank robber who wore an unusual disguise. he is accused of holding up bank annapolis. he was wearing a plastic facemask resembling charlie sheen. police say the robber implied that he had a weapon. the tellers handed over cash. the man fled. no one was hurt. there is a $2,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. and you've heard of flights being delayed for weather or mechanical problems, but what about delays because of a fight

between flight attendants? that's what happened on a flight from new york to reagan national. the plane was set to leave kennedy airport yesterday afternoon. witnesses say one flight attendant was on her phone just before takeoff and the other attendant started criticizing her. the two started arguing and the cockpit crew decided to kick them off the plane. >> a couple minutes later, the flight attendant mentioned in a low breath, the other flight attendants refused to work with her and we were informed and going back to the gate because the flight attendants couldn't work with each other. >> both will meet with their supervisor to determine if there should be any disciplinary action. prosecutors are considering an appeal of a lawsuit challenging lethal injections in virginia. a richmond judge tossed out the case yesterday. two alexandria lawyers claim executioners who inject inmates with lethal doses of drugs are illegally practicing medicine. after a half-hour of arguments, the judge sided with the department of corrections.

it argued the purpose of an execution is to end a life, not to save one. d.c. residents with a lead food can relax a little bit. the d.c. council just approved a bill that prevents residents from automatically having their license revoked for reckless driver tickets. in some states, you can be cited for reckless driving for going 80 on a highway with a 70-mile-per-hour speed limit. the council approved the measure for 90 days after mayor greg signs it. the hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. some d.c. council members want to look into whether the district should legalize gambling. they want to study the possibility of full casinos and online gambling in d.c. the idea may not fly with members of congress from nearby states that already have gambling. they may try to block any measure to block businesses. >> coming up on 5:51 now on this

thursday morning. no crap shoot with this forecast. we are winning, winning, winning. >> that's right. >> tom kierein, what do you have for us? >> we've won the lottery weather-wise. this is a chilly morning. there's a view of our capitol hill. with this cool weather over warm waters, you get fog like this that happened over the river a couple mornings ago. you can see the fog rising over the warm waters of the patuxant. that's probably going to be happening again this morning. send your photos to weather@nbcwashington.com. there's capitol hill with a few clouds around. 55 at reagan national. temperatures around the rest of the region are down into the mid 40s. that includes arlington, fairfax, montgomery and prince george's counties, as well as just about all of southern maryland except near the waters. northern neck, eastern shore.

and finally to our west, across northern virginia, the rural areas around blue ridge, they're down to the mid 40s as well as the valley. we do have a high clouds drifting over from the south. probably a delightful sunrise, which is at 6:54. by 7:00 a.m., we will have a partly cloudy sky. it will still be chilly, in the mid 40s to mid 50s in the metro area, and by the lunch hour, it will warm up rapidly into the upper 60s the around 70. low humidity, delightful middle of the day, and by mid afternoon, we ought to hit the mid 70s. here's your four-day forecast. another gorgeous day tomorrow. we'll have afternoon highs up around 80 and still not very humid. saturday we'll have increasing clouds. afternoon highs, low 80s but still not too humid. a front will be moving in saturday late afternoon and

early evening that might trigger a passing showers perhaps late saturday afternoon. after that, sun back sunday. afternoon highs, low 70s, but ought to be great for skins-bengals game taking place at fedex field. on monday, back to work and school. the 40s in the morning. bright and sunny. and this wonderful autumnal pattern continuing into mid week next week. i'll return in ten minutes with another update. >> traveling around the area, checking things out for you, not seeing any major incidents to warn you about right now. here's a live look. not bad at all. you can see those green checkers going by. that means you are getting by without any issues. no major delays. inside the beltway, really from the beltway as you make your ware to new york avenue not seeing any issues. here's a live look at new york avenue at florida avenue. things look nice. you see your volume is

increasing. good news, no major delays and no major accidents. as we head to i-270, here's where i'm starting to see brake lights. chopper 4 is en route to there now. i'm back in about ten minutes and we'll talk about the delays on i-270. >> thank you. police are searching for somebody who stole two dozen catalytic converters. police believe they were taken from toyota pickup trucks sometime between tuesday night and tuesday morning. they were being stored in a garage. the catalytic converters are worth more than $26,000. thieves target them because they contain precious metals that can be melted down and then sold on the black market. prince george's county police caught two men trying to sell fake versions of the new iphone 5 hours before the new phone is released to the public. police arrested the two men for selling fake iphones that looked like this right here. notice the bizarre font and the camera in the wrong spot. they say other fake versions of

the phone are already showing up on e-bay and other sites. the real iphone 5 comes out tomorrow morning and d.c. police are warning soon-to-be owners of apple's new iphone. they say people should be aware as they're leaving the apple store tomorrow morning -- they're warning people to conceal the apple box and not play with it. i know you'll be tempted when you're walking to your car. the popular coffee k cups are butt to get some serious competition. >> reporter: starbucks is brewing up a big challenge to the k cup. the coffee chain has started selling its own single serve home brewing system online this week. the machine will be available at starbucks stores as well as at macy's, williams sonoma and bed bath and beyond in october. it sells for $399 for all the bells and whistles.

it will compete with the keurig. starbucks' machine can make coffee and espresso. bank of america is reportedly planning to cut 16,000 jobs by the end of the year. "the wall street journal" says b of a is speeding up its cost cutting measures by a year. the move would shrink the company's work force below that of jp morgan chase and wells fargo. the cuts are expected to come mostly from b of a's retail branches, but the company has also let go some of its less experienced investment bankers. this is part of a huge overall expected to save bank of america $8 billion annually by 2015. a d.c. native becoming the main attraction, if you will, of the washington national opera. >> his rise to fame was anything but easy.

solomon howard lived most of his childhood homeless in southeast. his deep voice helped him get a full scholarship to morgan state university. now he's singing at the kennedy center. howard is playing a pivotal role in the opera. the singer hopes his rough past will inspire others to pursue their dreams. >> i always say i want to use my voice, the gift that i've been given to, give back to others. that's my dream. >> wow. it runs at the kennedy center. >> i want that voice! >> wow. i want to go see that show, aaron. >> should be a good one. new at 6:00 this morning, just follow your feet. the inventor who created gps shoes. plus, today marx one year since a decision that changed a lot of lives. a coal stald start to your morning. tom kierein will have your

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